He is a Multi talented Actor who got a nick named as a Indian “mycle Jackson” . The birth name of Prabhu Deva was Shankupani Sundaram. His parents were Mugur Sundar and Mahadevamma.

Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka to a lingayat family and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu . Prabhu Deva has two brothers namely Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad.Prabhu Deva had been married with Latha aka Ramlath for a period of 15 years and they had three children.He also occupied, at Boney Kapoor’s old place in Green Acres in Mumbai.

He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles, is a two time National Best Choreographer Award winner and is the most appreciated among his contemporaries.

He has won a number of awards for his elaborate dance sequences, including two National Awards for Best Choreography, a Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu). He has also won a Best Director award for the film Pokkiri. Prabhu Deva’s first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha .

His first role as a hero was in Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. Deva’s success resulted largely from his dancing. In 1999, Deva,1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the “Michael Jackson and Friends” concert in Munich, Germany.
there were reports that he and actress Nayantara fell in love on the sets with some reports even claiming that he married her secretly in June 2009. She had tattooed his name on her wrist and began appearing with him in public, while neither denying nor confirming the relationship.